🚨 New PECARN Study Alert! 🚨 The PECARN STArT trial asked an important question: Could IV arginine help children and young adults with sickle cell disease recover faster from acute pain episodes? jamanetwork.com/jour... #SPARC #PECARN #SickleCellDisease

#PRoMPTBOLUS & PECARN are back on the mic! Check out this latest podcast from PEM Currents - The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast, discusses all things #PECARN #PRoMPTBOLUS trial and the selection of fluids for the resuscitation of children in suspected #septicshock. www.pemcurrents.com/...

Does IV arginine make a difference when it come to #pain crisis in patients with #SickleCellDisease? This recent PECARN trial in @JAMAnetwork sought to evaluate that question. jamanetwork.com/jour...

New exciting research from @PECARNteam coming soon! #PECARN #PediatricEmergencyMedicine

PRoMPT BOLUS was featured on Pediatric EM Morsels! Check out the Blog post here:

Saline Revisited: Are Balanced Fluids Better in Pediatric Patients? PRoMPT BOLUS Study Insights — Pediatric EM Morsels

This week's Morsel: Review of the PRoMPT BOLUS study - NS vs LR - who wins?

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ICYMI, this @EMPulsepodcast reviews the JAMA article on the PECARN Febrile Infant Rule—a practical discussion of risk stratification and decision-making for young febrile infants in the ED. Pod: ucdavisem.com/2026/0... Article: jamanetwork.com/jour... #PRIME #PECARN #Pediatrics #PEM

What does high-quality pediatric emergency care look like? A new PECARN study analyzed >5.3 million ED visits to define achievable benchmarks for pediatric emergency care — from asthma treatment to pain reassessment and ED flow. jamanetwork.com/jour... #PEMNEWS #PECARN #Pediatrics

Happy EMS Week and EMS for Children Day 2026! Part of National EMS Week, #EMS for Children Day highlights the distinctive physiological and psychological aspects of caring for children. Thank you for your partnership and all you do to treat children. #EMSC

After much anticipation, the PRoMPT BOLUS study results are officially out! Swipe through to learn about the major results and what this means for clinicians treating pediatric patients with suspected #septicshock. #sepsis @nkuppermann @FranBalamuth @PERC_network @PREDICT_network

🚨 Hot off the press! 🚨 Introducing the PRoMPT BOLUS study results — a landmark trial evaluating the safety & efficacy of normal saline vs. balanced fluids in suspected pediatric septic shock 🌍 9,000+ children 🏥 47 sites 🌎 5 countries And the winner is… 👇 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

PRoMPT BOLUS results are coming!!! Led by Drs. Balamuth, Weiss & Kuppermann, this international study evaluated NS vs. balanced fluids in the treatment of pediatric #sepsis Results come out on Friday, April 25 @pasmeeting.bsky.social This trial was a collaboration btw PECARN, PERC, & PREDICT

What fluids should we use for initial resuscitation in pediatric #sepsis? #PRoMPTBOLUS sought to answer that question and the results are being revealed in just 10 days!!! Stop by @PASMeeting Room 210 C West to hear the result debut. Publication to follow. #PASMeeting #PECARN #PEM #EM

Pediatric Readiness Saves Lives! New guidelines means a new nationwide assessment. Learn what’s new and get ready for the next Pediatric Readiness assessment for EDs, opening March 2026! https://pedsready.org/ @emscimprovement

🚨 New #PECARN Blog 🚨 “The End of Routine Lumbar Punctures for Febrile Infants ≤28 Days.” Michelle Lin, MD reviews new evidence shaping care for young infants. Read more 👉🏼 pecarn.org/pecarn_ne... #PRIME #Pediatrics #EM

The End of Routine Lumbar Punctures for the Febrile Infant 28 Days and Younger?

For decades, the teaching in pediatric emergency medicine has been consistent: “Young febrile infants (0-28 days) with fevers get a full sepsis workup.” This traditionally means blood, urine, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cultures, followed by admission and antibiotics. The fear of missing bacterial meningitis—a devastating infection—has driven this aggressive approach. But is a lumbar puncture […]

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New multicenter study in Pediatrics: When #PECARN decision rules are used for pediatric head & abdominal trauma, disparities in CT use largely disappear. Standardized tools MATTER! #headtrauma #PEM @AmerAcadPeds @nkuppermann pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih....

🤖 #AI meets pediatric #sepsis! New @PECARNTeam study shows machine learning models can be trained & validated to predict sepsis and #septicshock in kids—paving the way for earlier recognition & intervention. 🔗 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.... #PECARN #PRIME

#PECARN CSI = pediatric-specific, EMS-validated, safer. 💪 Protect spines. 🚫 Avoid over-immobilization. Next: real-world rollout & education. #EMS #PediatricTrauma #PECARN #CHaMP #GLACiER 🔗journals.lww.com/jtr...

#PECARN moves prehospital care from reflex to reason. 🚗 Not every fender bender = collar. 👦🏾 Not every kid = scan. Evidence, not habit. #EMS #EvidenceBased #CHaMP #GLACiER 🔗journals.lww.com/jtr...

#PECARN flags risk with 9 total factors: 🔹 Neck pain or tenderness 🔹 Neuro deficit or altered mental status 🔹 Major head or torso trauma No factors? → Skip the collar. #CSpine #EMS #CHaMP #GLACiER 🔗journals.lww.com/jtr...

Kids don’t compartmentalize trauma — energy moves through the body. #PECARN sees the whole mechanism, not just one symptom. #PediEMS #TraumaCare #CHaMP #GLACiER 🔗journals.lww.com/jtr...

Traditional rules looked only at neck findings. #PECARN adds major head or torso injury — acknowledging that big energy transfer can hurt the spine even without neck pain. #PediatricTrauma #EMS #CHaMP #GLACiER 🔗journals.lww.com/jtr...

If #PECARN were used prehospital: 📉 SMR 41.5% → 37.7% 📉 Longboard use 17% → 9.8% 💡 Fewer collars, less discomfort, same spine safety. #Trauma #EMSResearch #CHaMP #GLACiER 🔗 journals.lww.com/jtr... #CHaMP #GLACiER

This isn’t a hospital rule retrofitted for the field. It was tested by EMS, in real prehospital environments, across 18 sites. #EMS #PrehospitalCare #CHaMP #GLACiER 🔗 journals.lww.com/jtr...

Developed from 22,000+ pediatric trauma cases, now validated with EMS data. ✅ Sensitivity: 88.5% ✅ Negative predictive value: 99.7% ➡️ Accurate and safe. #PECARN #PediEMS #CHaMP #GLACiER 🔗journals.lww.com/jtr...

Before #PECARN, we relied on adult rules — - NEXUS - Canadian C-Spine Rule 👩🏽 👉🏼 👦🏻 They work for adults but weren’t built or validated for children. #EMS #EvidenceBased #CHaMP #GLACiER 🔗journals.lww.com/jtr...

Every child in trauma gets a collar “just in case,” but most don’t need one. #PECARN gives EMS a pediatric-specific rule to decide who truly needs spinal motion restriction (SMR). #PediEMS #TraumaCare #CHaMP #GLACiER 🔗 pecarn.org/pecarn_ne... 🔗journals.lww.com/jtr...

📢 New Article! Can AI spot which kids are at risk for sepsis before they become ill? A @PECARNteam study led by Dr. Alpern shows machine learning models can predict #sepsis using EHR data—before it occurs 🔗 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.... @LurieChildrens @ChildrensPhila #AI #PRIME

📊In >98k teen ED visits, targeted gonorrhea & chlamydia screening found +2.59/1,000 visits and universal screening +1.81/1,000 compared with usual care. More cases detected = more teens treated. #PECARN #HOMERUN 👉🏼 pemcincinnati.com/bl... 🔗 jamanetwork.com/jour...

Targeted and Universal Screening Boost Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Detection in the Pediatric ED

This post is a summary and discussion of the following article from JAMA Pediatrics: Reed JL, Palmer CA, Casper TC, et al. Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Screening for Adolescents and Young Adults in Emergency Departments. JAMA Pediatr. Published online September 08, 2025. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.2139

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Where should research go next to improve pediatric pain care ❓ This consensus study highlights priorities like optimizing ED analgesia, reducing disparities, preventing opioid misuse, and improving long-term outcomes for kids in pain. #HOMERUN #PECARN 🔗 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih....

Good news for injured kids 🚑 Emergency & surgery teams showed strong agreement on pediatric C-spine findings w/ 64% agreement on clinical suspicion & 74% on imaging decisions Read more on PEMBlog: http://bit.ly/483Jys3 🔗 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.... @nkuppermann @JCLeonardMDMPH #HOMERUN

Interrater Reliability in Pediatric Cervical Spine Assessment: Can EM Docs and Surgeons Agree?

Introduction Evaluating children with blunt trauma for cervical spine injury (CSI) is a high-stakes and high-variability process. While CSI is rare, the consequences of missed injuries are serious, and so is the harm from overuse of imaging, especially CT. The PECARN CSI prediction rule is a promising tool

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